Presidential official receptions

See a selection of shots taken during official receptions,
governmental dinners and similar events,
which over the years we have participated American politicians and various celebrities.







1. Queen Elisavet II with a serious look terrible jokes about California weather, and President Ronald Reagan happily laughing at a dinner at the Museum of San Francisco, March 3, 1983. (UPI Photo / Rypka / Files).

2. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan talking with Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the White House at a government dinner Nov. 9, 1985. (UPI Photo / Tim Clary / Files).

3. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (left) and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai drink at a banquet in the Hall of the People 10 November 1973. In his toast Kissinger said the United States made "good progress" in terms of normalization of relations with China. He added: "We are determined to do better and as quickly as possible to complete the progress that began two years ago." (UPI / File) 46,841,866

4. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) listens to US President Gerald Ford (right), which communicates with the President of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios the third governmental dinner for the leaders of 35 countries after the Conference on the Protection and Cooperation in Europe July 30, 1975. (UPI Photo / Files)

5. US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle awaiting the arrival of Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala at the White House in Washington on 19 May 2010. (UPI / Pete Souza / The White House) 12,084,778

6. Daughter of US President Gerald Ford, Susan listens in a corner of the room for official receptions at the White House handling of his father French President Giscard d'Estaing May 17, 1976. (UPI Photo / John Full / Files)

7. Actress Sophia Loren (right) and her husband, producer Carlo Ponti arrived at the White House for a dinner party of President Bill Clinton in honor of Italian President Oscar Luigi Skalfaro April 2, 1995.

8. US President Barack Obama welcomed Michelle and Tareq Salahi front of the presidential dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (rear left) in the Blue Room of the White House November 24, 2009. The Security Service has been forced to reconsider his actions after lunch penetrated uninvited couple from Virginia. (UPI / Samantha Appleton / White House) 88,412,183

9. President George W. Bush and First Lady Bush Barar with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip May 14, 1991, before the official reception in honor of the Queen of the White House in Washington. (UPI Photo / Martin Jeong / Files)

10. US President Barack Obama (second from left), US First Lady Michelle Obama (right), President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala, Ms. tram ride to the south lawn of the White House in Washington on 19 May 2010. (UPI / Pete Souza / The White House)

11. President George W. Bush (right) on his first official reception with Mexican President Vicente Fox at the White House in Washington on September 5, 2001. Fox later met with Secretary of State Colin Powell and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan. (cc / cc / Chris Corder UPI) 62,524,330

12. Chet Bush and Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari before a dinner at the White House June 6, 1989. (UPI Photo / Leighton Mark) 52,232,724

13. Guests sit in the trams at the southern entrance to the White House to get to the tent, which will be the official evening, May 19, 2010. UPI / Lawrence Jackson / The White House

14. Frank Sinatra came to the White House June 18, 1984 in a jacket «Los Angeles Olympic» (left), and then changed into a tuxedo. Sinatra entertained guests at a government dinner in honor of President of Sri Lanka. (UPI PHOTO / Tim Clary / FILES) 23,668,521

15. US President Bill Clinton raises a toast at a party, attended by 46 governors and their wives and other guests, February 4 ???? at the White House. (UPI ae / kc / ken Cedeno) 67,830,324

16. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton presents actress Whoopi Goldberg Spanish Queen Sofia in a ceremony at the White House in honor of the King and Queen of Spain, February 23, 2000. (UPI rw / Ron Sachs) 40,328,499

17. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and Governor of Kansas, Kathleen sebel' listen to speech of President George W. Bush at the official reception of governors on Feb. 25, 2007 at the White House in Washington, where the National Governors Association held its winter meeting. (UPI Photo / Mike Theiler / POOL) 50,457,242

18.Prezident Barack Obama (left) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised their glasses at the official reception on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on 24 November 2009. That night, Obama said the partnership between the two democratic republics would be a major political relations of the 21st century. (UPI / Andrew Harrer / Pool)

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